Don’t be discouraged, and definitely don’t heap all the blame on yourself. Remember that it is not too late to extricate yourself, nor is it too late to immunize yourself—though to be sure, it may take time, and even then we’re never fully immune until glory!   We don’t want to think the worst of... Continue Reading

Covolo’s discourse and style are aimed primarily at the specialist and students of art and cultural theory, although interested readers will find chapters four and five highly valuable for an introduction to a theology for cultural engagement.   Fashion Theology. Robert Covolo. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2020. 216 pp. Robert Covolo (PhD. Vrije Universiteit... Continue Reading

Yesterday’s wisdom is surely as unfashionable as yesterday’s styles; yesterday’s lessons are surely as useless as yesterday’s computers, for everything is fleeting, everything from the past is soon supplanted by something in the future.   It’s increasingly obvious that the modern West has become antihistorical. The past is no longer seen as a useful guide... Continue Reading

Women in China’s “re-education” camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured, according to detailed new accounts obtained by the BBC. You may find some of the details in this story distressing.   The men always wore masks, Tursunay Ziawudun said, even though there was no pandemic then. They wore suits, she said, not... Continue Reading

The Creeds do not cite single texts of Scripture, but they seek to synthesize the whole counsel of God. Those who have departed from their teachings and attempted to operate independent of their authority have often failed to consider the relationship among texts of Scripture (e.g., subordinationist readings of 1 Cor. 11:3), sometimes falling prey... Continue Reading

Given the cultural challenges facing the church in our day— not only from the outside, but increasingly from within—it is appropriate that we remember some of the keynote truths at the heart of Schaeffer’s work.   It is hard to overstate the impact the late Francis Schaeffer has had through his writings, ministry and work... Continue Reading

The doctrine of eternal generation is seen throughout the writings of the early church. Why is this the case? For them, eternal generation not only derived from Scripture itself, but it did theological work. It had explanatory power for the critical doctrines of the deity and distinction of the Son.   The concept of eternal... Continue Reading

Under the law, when a man was not able to act for himself, to assert and use his own right, one that was akin to him, had a right to act for him, coming in his room, and standing up in his right. And such a one was called his Goel; which properly signifies a... Continue Reading

When considering historical figures responsible for great, influential movements, it’s worth considering if those persons’ personal lives substantiate or undermine their ideology. As Aristotle noted: “Men start revolutionary changes for reasons connected with their private lives.”    This month marks the anniversary of the first congress of the Communist League in London (1847), when Karl Marx and... Continue Reading

In our time of fatherlessness, underachieving boys, social fraying, and the collapse of marriage, helping boys to become men needs to be done. We owe it to them in justice, or else we will not have healthy families, parishes, neighborhoods, and towns.   Many years ago, in an article for Touchstone called, “A Requiem for Friendship,”... Continue Reading